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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1894
Page
7
Poetic lyric imagines eternal devotion in a celestial, romantic voice. A speaker vows lifelong fidelity and pleads to spare the beloved pain, promising heaven born beauty and endless songs to comfort and honor their love.
Brooklyn preacher Rev. Tal mage tours Australia and declares the message I Everlasting Life from Micah, urging weary listeners that true rest lies not in wealth or honors but in joining a spiritual crusade toward heaven where toil ends and eternal rest awaits. He cites the lives of Webster Napoleon and Sheridan, contrasts fame with final rest, and invites all to join the redeemed in the heavenly city.
Poignant reflections on loss and faith describe departed loved ones as moved to a heavenly rest. The text honors a mother and child among others, praising Christian virtue and promising reunion in heaven with comforting, spiritual imagery. It emphasizes timeless consolation and eternal companionship beyond mortal partings.
The Cotton Exchange ruled that sugar bag cloth covering cotton is not against rules, despite protests from jute manufacturers and farmers. Officials note sugar bagging is cheaper and tightly woven, with some Western spinners and the Farmers Alliance weighing in. A pioneer trader says planters favor sugar bagging for cost and protection, while resisting outside dictates.
In Columbia South Carolina Senator Butler withdraws from the Democratic primary race and signals a campaign to contest the November election. The move sparks talk of negro suffrage clashes, party rifts, and potential independent tickets in six counties.
A Birmingham source reports Kolbite supporters plan a November assembly by Kolbists to elect a U S Senator to oppose Morgan and intend a dual government to influence the state and federal seats. They expect Morgan to be re elected by the regular Legislature if defeated.
An embryonic race riot in eastern Orangeburg County prompted Governor Tillman to order Santee Riflemen on alert. Trial Justice Whetsell reports mobs of about 250 negroes threatening to whip any disobedient workers. White residents backed by officers escorted 17 prisoners to Branchville, with no shots fired.
Aug 20 Alkeen reports a fatal shooting in front of Blue Mountain Joe's near the passenger station. Will Chatfield, about 25, son of J L Chatfield, Park Avenue Hotel proprietor, died after a pistol wound to the abdomen. Night Marshal James Wingard surrendered and is in sheriff custody pending coroner's inquest.
The bulletin notes weekly temperature near normal with cloud cover reducing extremes. Rainfall was local but fairly well distributed late in August, with heavy storms in Orangeburg and Sumter counties and significant damage from a cloud burst. Cotton and corn prospects vary by soil. overall crop outlook weaker than average though corn holds steady. Tobacco and rice counties report damage, peas and grapes show progress, and general farming activity shifts toward winter crops as wet ground causes potato spoilage in some areas.
Charleston South Carolina August 39 Ex Mayor William A Courtenay arrived from the upcountry and was confronted by a gunman. He questioned Butler move and urged forming National Democratic clubs. He warned that twenty eight counties will oppose an independent race.
William Carr was instantly killed by a bolt of lightning while bathing with two Miss Farnum near Atlantic Drary N J Aug 16. The two women suffered severe electrical shocks but survived as bystanders and rescuers rushed to aid them amid panic on the crowded shore.
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